Alexandra Pelosi, daughter of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, called out First Lady Jill Biden, suggesting “Lady McBiden” consider President Biden’s legacy.
“If I was Lady McBiden, I’d put on my big girl pants, play the long game and think about my husband’s legacy,” the former speaker’s daughter told Politico’s Jonathan Martin in a column published on Sunday, noting that she was only speaking for herself. “There aren’t that many people left in America who have something nice to say about Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi is one of them.”
Nancy Pelosi had tried to speak to the president following his late-July decision to exit the race but had “repeatedly been met with the same response from the president’s top advisers: The answer is no,” according to the Politico column. Nancy Pelosi joined the co-hosts of “Morning Joe” in July, following the president’s debate performance, saying, “It’s up to the president to decide if he is going to run,” despite Biden’s repeated assurance that he would remain in the race on several calls with Democrats and donors.
The media appearance was viewed as another opportunity for the president to withdraw from the race—a decision he eventually made. After Vice President Kamala Harris lost the election, Pelosi remarked that Biden should have exited the race earlier.
Biden has since expressed regret about not dropping out sooner and maintains that he could have defeated Trump. “She’s been told they’re not over it, don’t make more overtures because he’s blaming her,” a person familiar with the back-and-forth between Pelosi and Biden’s aides told Politico.
In an exit interview published January 15 in the Washington Post, Jill Biden expressed disappointment in Nancy Pelosi for her role in influencing President Biden’s decision to drop out of the race. “It’s been on my mind a lot lately, and —” the first lady told the Post. “We were friends for 50 years. It was disappointing.”
“Let’s just say I was disappointed with how it unfolded,” she said, speaking generally. She also expressed confidence in her husband’s ability to serve another term.
